Itapotihyla
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Hylidae |
| Subfamily: | Lophyohylinae |
| Genus: | Itapotihyla Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell, and Wheeler, 2005 |
| Species: | I. langsdorffii
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| Binomial name | |
| Itapotihyla langsdorffii | |
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Itapotihyla is a genus of
monotypic, being represented by the single species Itapotihyla langsdorffii, commonly known as the ocellated treefrog.[2] It is found in the Atlantic Forest biome of Brazil, with an isolated population in eastern Paraguay and adjacent Brazil and northeastern Argentina.[3]
Description
Itapotihyla langsdorffii are relatively large treefrogs. They show sexual dimorphism, with females (mean snout-vent length 103 mm (4.1 in)) being larger than males (81 mm (3.2 in)).[4]
Reproduction
Reproduction takes place in temporary and permanent pools inside rainforest.sexual selection in frogs).[5]
Trophic interactions
Its diet mainly consists of arthropods (in particular grasshoppers and crickets), but also vertebrate remains (other frogs including Scinax argyreornatus as well as unidentified bird feathers) can be found in their stomach contents.[4] These frogs themselves may be preyed upon by Chironius bicarinatus, a colubrid snake.[6]
Habitat and conservation
Itapotihyla langsdorffii is an
habitat loss
and possibly seriously threatened; however, at the species level it is not considered threatened.
References
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- ^ doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T55796A11358140.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.)
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link - ^ Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Itapotihyla Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell, and Wheeler, 2005". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
- ^ Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Itapotihyla langsdorffii (Duméril and Bibron, 1841)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
- ^ S2CID 84823586.
- ^ Maffei, Fábio; Ubaid, Flávio Kulaif & Jim, Jorge (2011). "Itapotihyla langsdorffii (casque-headed treefrog): Male combat" (PDF). Herpetological Bulletin. 116: 35–37.
- ^ Bovo, Rafael Parelli; Sueiro, Letícia Ruiz (2012). "Records of predation on Itapotihyla langsdorffii (Anura: Hylidae) by Chironius bicarinatus (Serpentes: Colubridae) with notes on foraging substrate" (PDF). Herpetology Notes. 5: 291–292. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-05-11.